Strive Notes

New premises, same blog… It is however a little lengthy today, seems I have a lot to say!

1. Came across this one about Canadian programme, Breakfast T.V and it made me laugh. Although I obviously didn’t watch it, the principle is the same worldwide. People in media and PR have to be so careful of what they say… Whether Dina’s looks did or didn’t help in her land the job it shows how controversial the issue is. The minute a slight mistake is made (however totally unrelated to how she obtained her job it may be) there is always someone waiting to pounce and start questioning.

2. Following another youth death in Wales, parents of 15-year-old Nathaniel Pritchard, who apparently killed him self last week, are blaming the media for ‘glamorising’ suicide. As tragic as these incidents are, individuals have their own minds. Blaming the media brings me back to the days of Jamie Bulger in 1993! (Yes I was only eight at the time, but I was a media student and have actually lost count of the amount of times I’ve used the story as an example) I just can’t help but wonder can we really keep blaming the media forever?

3. Does www.juicycampus.com beat out Facebook? It’s already causing lots of controversy in the states as it allows anonymous comments and has separate sites depending on your college. Like Len Gutman says, “should we be surprised [by it’s controversy] it’s popular in a world of celebrity gossip and reality TV? You may think juicycampus is in bad taste, but it’s legal and growing in popularity.” The university campus is exactly where Facebook began, so why not juicy? …

4. PR and Social Media Evolution Continues. While it continues to develop people will continue to talk…

And finally…

5. This blog on the Guardian travel page by Max Gogarty is probably among the funniest I have ever seen. As I understand it, Max’s dad Paul Gogarty has worked freelance for the Guardian (among other newspapers) on occasion and naturally ‘nepotism’ is being screamed from all angles. The Guardian responded and apparently Max’s father had no part in his hiring. “No one snuck Max through the backdoor, [he was hired] purely on the strength of his track record.”

I agree with the critics on this one though, and boy have there been critics! I am not a fantastic writer by any means, so I’m not going to attack the guy, but the fact that the Guardian is evenpublishing this is strange. My brother has just returned from 18 months of travelling and clichés, can he write a blog on a national newspaper too? As one comment rightly states, “how come Max has managed to get his own blog to write about the same thing that thousands do each year?” ….

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